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January 20, 2005
Did I mention that my dad's store was robbed at gunpoint?
So...My dad and my step-mom have an upscale gift shop/home furnishings store in Guilford, Connecticut called "Imagine." (My sister sells custom painted furniture there, too). Guilford is a small, upscale, predominantly white town next to the very similar town (Madison) where I grew up. There is very little crime there, but over the last few months it seems that there were a string of robberies. My dad's shop was one of the places hit. My aunt was working there alone at the time, and had a gun put to her head and was forced to "give the guy the dough" as my dad later (hilariously uncharacteristic of his usual vocabulary) relayed to TV reporters.
Well, they caught the guy. He had a criminal history and a drug problem and just a few days ago hung himself in jail in Bridgeport.
The weird part? I haven't confirmed it yet, but the suspect's name was Thomas Kerr. He was 34 and lived in New Haven. There is a REALLY good chance that I knew the guy. When I was 8 or 9, my family and a couple others -- the Kerr's being one of them -- travelled up to Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox. "Tommy" went to school with me, was about three/four years older than me and got into a lot of trouble. His sister graduated with my wife.
Who would've thought that the kid we took on a trip would later rob my father's shop and kill himself in jail? Just a bit too weird for me.
| By colrus | 12:36 AM
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